How Does Rotational Play Affect Progress?
I know the basic idea of rotating households; you spend time with one family, then switch to a different family and play them for a while. However, I've never done it before, and want to try. If I...
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There are different types of rotational players. Some go back and forth between their different pet households, others, like myself, stick to a specific household for a while and then move over to another household in the same save.
I can't speak to Discover University because I don't own it, but I've heard that it doesn't mesh well with rotational gameplay.
If you turn off aging for the the other households you want to go back to, while you play the one, the other families will be exactly as you left them when you come back to them, no loss of progress. That's one approach.
If you don't disable aging, children keep any aspiration benefits that they earned before you left. If they were in line for a character value trait when you left, they will gain that trait when they age up to young adult while you're playing another household. If a child is an A student, they will get the B grade when they age up to a teen while you're playing the other household. If a teen has a B or A grade when you left, they will have the associated career advantages as a young adult and onward, if you choose to come back to that household.
Jobs, on the other hand, don't progress without active participation. As for skills, they only progress if the sim is doing a skill building activity while on the same lot with a sim that you are currently controlling. Progress on an aspiration is unlikely, but they may autonomously do something related to their aspiration if they are on the same lot with a sim that you are controlling.
I can't speak to Discover University because I don't own it, but I've heard that it doesn't mesh well with rotational gameplay.
If you turn off aging for the the other households you want to go back to, while you play the one, the other families will be exactly as you left them when you come back to them, no loss of progress. That's one approach.
If you don't disable aging, children keep any aspiration benefits that they earned before you left. If they were in line for a character value trait when you left, they will gain that trait when they age up to young adult while you're playing another household. If a child is an A student, they will get the B grade when they age up to a teen while you're playing the other household. If a teen has a B or A grade when you left, they will have the associated career advantages as a young adult and onward, if you choose to come back to that household.
Jobs, on the other hand, don't progress without active participation. As for skills, they only progress if the sim is doing a skill building activity while on the same lot with a sim that you are currently controlling. Progress on an aspiration is unlikely, but they may autonomously do something related to their aspiration if they are on the same lot with a sim that you are controlling.
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